Is there anything in this movie that hasn't been seen in others?!

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2005)

It's boring, it's pretentious, it's so long I thought I was going to fall asleep!!
Another of those action movies that pretend they are smart... it's been an awful trend since the Matrix and unfortunately it didn't stop at Equilibrium! The 'revelations' of the plot made me laugh out loud (frankly anyone expecting anything more than Perry Mason's endings should go see something else). The direction is annoying whenever it doesn't look like TV (which is not too often). The acting is so bad it made me ashamed for poor Scarlett Johansson who really doesn't deserve to be surrounded by so many crappy actors. McGregor is his usual self... a mellow hunk for teenagers who tries to look like he's a bad boy... pathetic! The only good things about this movie, you can get by reading about 500 books and seeing another dozen of movies... it had echoes of Brave New World, Logan's Run, The Matrix and just about everything else in the same vein that the writing team could throw in for good measure. It's action, sure, but not very good action and the ending is so lame it will remind you of other worlds like Little House where the rain always stop before the end.
Studio plants say you should go see this movie because it has action, love, actors, a plot, more action and also... it's the greatest film ever... 25% of 10? yeah right! well... I guess shameless advertising in the form of anonymous reviews is a dirty job but someone's gotta do it, right?